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pbmus

(12,422 posts)
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:32 PM Jun 2017

Handel has to win again in 2018, and she Will NOT...



We just keep hammering them, pointing out that she/they are not working for the people...

And the Trump train is coming to an end....

Cmon everyone, the game is still in the first year...

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Handel has to win again in 2018, and she Will NOT... (Original Post) pbmus Jun 2017 OP
And you're sure about this............because........??? CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2017 #1
Because the Big Con is going down... pbmus Jun 2017 #2
Those sound like good reasons, and I sure hope you're right. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2017 #4
It's not who votes...It's who COUNTS the votes angstlessk Jun 2017 #3
Ok, President Carter is still alive and respected for helping other nations pbmus Jun 2017 #5
He does not investigate, he monitors... angstlessk Jun 2017 #8
I think here in Ga. we MUST demand a verifiable audit trail! If we start today, we might be napi21 Jun 2017 #20
"We have unverifiable hack-able machines...who's to say who won what?" LenaBaby61 Jun 2017 #29
Cuz.......logic works with republicans...... AJT Jun 2017 #6
No, the pocketbook works for everyone...and the dumb SOB pbmus Jun 2017 #7
Pocketbook does NOT work with racists. dchill Jun 2017 #26
She has to tow the trump agenda. It'll beat her down in the polls. Ilsa Jun 2017 #9
True. She kept him at arm's length during the campaign leftstreet Jun 2017 #13
She thanked Trump in her victory speech. Cattledog Jun 2017 #27
We won't be putting the mega-millions into this race customerserviceguy Jun 2017 #10
Riiiiight.... Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #11
They are in first place...!!!! pbmus Jun 2017 #16
True, which was part of my analogy. Ossoff was ahead in the polls... Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #17
Ok, I got that...but the cubbies are a little fat on their win pbmus Jun 2017 #18
I hope that analogy (if you meant it that way) holds more than mine! Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #19
No he wasn't Motownman78 Jun 2017 #23
We can't run bad democratic candidates in a long held republican districts. dubyadiprecession Jun 2017 #12
Ok, we can't have a Jerry Brown running at every election... pbmus Jun 2017 #14
Jerry Brown would have lost even bigger than Ossoff in that district JI7 Jun 2017 #22
Well, he does live a little further out of the district... pbmus Jun 2017 #24
Yeppers. And I'm sure her campaign coffers are dry. Baitball Blogger Jun 2017 #15
I like the way you think! Blue Idaho Jun 2017 #21
My standard rate is lower than Steve Schmidts ,,, pbmus Jun 2017 #25
I'll put you on my speed dial! Blue Idaho Jun 2017 #30
Your point about keep hammering them on the issues is right on still_one Jun 2017 #28
Neither Handel or her opponent will have as large of a war chest come '18. NCTraveler Jun 2017 #31

pbmus

(12,422 posts)
2. Because the Big Con is going down...
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:38 PM
Jun 2017

And I have faith that Jon will not give up....and neither should we...

She might have won a battle, not the war...the war is 2018...

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
3. It's not who votes...It's who COUNTS the votes
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:40 PM
Jun 2017

we have unverifiable hack-able machines...who's to say who won what?

pbmus

(12,422 posts)
5. Ok, President Carter is still alive and respected for helping other nations
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:44 PM
Jun 2017

With there voting issues....let's say get the Georgia peanut farmer to get an investigative team into Georgia before the 2018 elections...

napi21

(45,806 posts)
20. I think here in Ga. we MUST demand a verifiable audit trail! If we start today, we might be
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 11:31 PM
Jun 2017

able to get one done for the 2020 election. I intend to begin tomorrow by contacting our Governor, & my state Senator &
Representative. I will continue with LTTEs with hopes of getting enough citizens to complain that they won't be able to ignore us anymore. I think we can even get Pubs to join us by explaining to them that at any time in any district, a Dem could win and continue to put our real votes in question.

Will any Georgian reading this join me?

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
29. "We have unverifiable hack-able machines...who's to say who won what?"
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 03:11 AM
Jun 2017

People either don't want to acknowledge this, or they won't accept the truth, and it's that that our voting apparatus is EXTREMELY old, vulnerable and hackable, and in many places there is no paper trail. Refuse to acknowledge that thuglicans will be voter-suppress on 'roids in 2018/2020, and you have the GOP's and tRumputin's besties the ruskies who are getting things "ready" for 2018 and 2020 as we speak. Those things are bad enough, but Dems have to actually show up to vote. thuglicans sure showed up in Cobb County on Tuesday to support that lying pig Handel and her installed president tRump.

I readily admit, I have NO answer as to HOW we solve any of these problems.

pbmus

(12,422 posts)
7. No, the pocketbook works for everyone...and the dumb SOB
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:52 PM
Jun 2017

That currently is making fools of his supporters is going to create even more hell for them by the end of this year...

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
9. She has to tow the trump agenda. It'll beat her down in the polls.
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:54 PM
Jun 2017

Meanwhile, those missing registrations need to get on the voter rolls.

leftstreet

(36,108 posts)
13. True. She kept him at arm's length during the campaign
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 11:10 PM
Jun 2017

There were several articles surfacing the last few weeks saying she campaigned WITHOUT mentioning him. Instead she went for an old school 'conservative southern values' approach or something like that

But now the TRUMP Crazy Train GOP owns her butt



customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
10. We won't be putting the mega-millions into this race
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:54 PM
Jun 2017

Hopefully, we'll target places that can actually flip from red to blue, and districts that normally give a 20% margin to the GOP are not in that group.

More importantly, even if we narrow the Rethuglican majority in the House, they may well enlarge their majority in the Senate, which involves the confirmation of Federal judges. I'd rather see money go to defending Senate seats because of that very reason.

pbmus

(12,422 posts)
18. Ok, I got that...but the cubbies are a little fat on their win
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 11:20 PM
Jun 2017

And getting way too complacent lately...

 

Motownman78

(491 posts)
23. No he wasn't
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 12:36 AM
Jun 2017

He was losing at the end by about 2 points. His issue was that he lived out of the district and the voters of that district are not feeling any negatives from a Trump Presidency yet.

dubyadiprecession

(5,711 posts)
12. We can't run bad democratic candidates in a long held republican districts.
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 11:04 PM
Jun 2017

Tip O'Neill would tell you that if he were alive today.

Blue Idaho

(5,049 posts)
21. I like the way you think!
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 12:30 AM
Jun 2017

These special elections were supposed to be a slam dunk for the GOP. Instead - they had to spend tens of millions and fly in the heavy hitters to defend these seats. In 2018, we don't need these seats to take a majority but the GOP will now have to spend a fortune to defend these seats to protect theirs. This was more than a moral victory - this was a preview of things to come.

pbmus

(12,422 posts)
25. My standard rate is lower than Steve Schmidts ,,,
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 02:09 AM
Jun 2017

Sort of full this week, but next week got 3 days open...

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
31. Neither Handel or her opponent will have as large of a war chest come '18.
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 10:24 AM
Jun 2017

It will be interesting to see how it works out.

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